1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
22 Seconded: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
23 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
24 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
26 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
27 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
32 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
33 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
35 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
38 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
42 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
47 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
48 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
52 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
53 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
57 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
58 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
59 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
60 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
61 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
62 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
63 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
64 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
65 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
66 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
67 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
68 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
69 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
70 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
71 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
73 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
74 Source field descriptions.
75 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
76 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
77 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
79 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
81 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
85 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
88 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
89 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
91 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
92 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
96 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
97 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
101 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
102 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
106 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
107 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
108 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
109 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
113 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
114 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
115 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
116 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
117 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
119 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
120 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
124 * Add myself to Uploaders.
127 * Add myself to Uploaders.
128 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
130 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
131 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
132 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
134 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
136 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
138 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
139 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
144 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
146 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
148 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
149 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
153 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
154 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
156 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
158 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
159 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
163 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
164 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
168 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
169 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
171 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
173 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
174 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
176 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
178 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
179 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
180 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
183 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
184 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
188 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
189 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
192 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
194 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
195 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
196 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
197 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
198 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
199 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
200 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
201 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
202 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
203 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
204 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
205 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
206 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
207 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
208 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
209 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
210 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
211 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
212 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
213 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
214 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
215 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
216 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
217 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
218 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
219 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
220 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
221 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
222 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
223 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
225 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
226 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
227 links was completed long ago.
228 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
230 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
232 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
234 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
235 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
237 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
239 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
241 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
242 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
243 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
244 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
245 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
246 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
247 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
248 Millan (Closes: #209008).
249 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
250 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
252 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
254 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
256 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
257 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
258 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
259 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
260 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
261 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
262 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
264 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
265 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
266 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
267 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
269 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
270 Küster (Closes: #403391).
271 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
272 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
273 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
274 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
275 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
276 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
280 Closes: #186700, #458910
281 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
282 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
285 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
286 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
287 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
288 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
289 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
290 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
291 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
292 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
294 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
295 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
297 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
298 * Add an md5sums control file.
299 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
300 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
301 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
302 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
303 currently part of policy.
304 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
305 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
306 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
309 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
311 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
313 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
314 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
315 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
316 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
317 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
318 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
319 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
320 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
321 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
322 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
324 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
325 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
326 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
327 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
328 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
330 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
332 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
333 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
334 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
336 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
337 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
338 list?" (Closes: #412634).
339 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
340 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
341 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
342 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
343 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
344 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
345 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
346 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
347 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
348 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
349 debconf specification.
350 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
351 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
353 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
355 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
358 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
360 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
361 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
366 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
367 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
368 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
369 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
371 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
372 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
373 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
374 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
375 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
376 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
377 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
378 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
379 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
380 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
381 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
382 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
383 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
384 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
385 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
388 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
391 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
392 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
393 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
395 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
396 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
397 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
399 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
401 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
404 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
405 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
406 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
407 Polo (Closes: #372497).
408 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
409 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
411 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
412 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
413 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
414 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
415 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
416 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
417 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
418 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
419 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
420 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
422 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
423 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
424 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
425 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
426 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
427 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
429 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
431 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
433 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
434 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
435 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
436 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
439 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
441 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
443 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
445 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
446 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
447 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
448 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
449 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
450 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
451 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
452 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
453 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
454 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
456 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
457 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
458 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
459 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
460 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
461 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
462 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
463 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
464 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
465 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
466 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
469 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
471 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
473 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
474 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
475 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
476 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
477 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
478 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
479 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
480 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
481 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
482 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
483 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
484 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
485 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
486 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
487 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
488 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
489 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
490 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
491 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
492 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
493 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
494 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
495 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
496 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
497 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
498 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
499 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
500 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
502 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
503 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
504 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
505 Hess (Closes: #362247).
506 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
507 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
508 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
509 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
510 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
511 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
512 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
513 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
514 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
515 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
516 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
517 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
519 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
520 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
522 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
523 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
524 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
525 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
526 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
527 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
528 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
529 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
530 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
531 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
532 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
534 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
536 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
539 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
540 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
541 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
542 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
543 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
544 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
545 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
546 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
547 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
548 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
549 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
550 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
551 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
553 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
554 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
555 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
556 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
557 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
558 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
559 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
560 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
561 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
562 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
563 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
564 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
565 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
566 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
567 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
568 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
569 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
570 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
571 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
574 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
576 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
578 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
579 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
580 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
581 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
583 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
584 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
585 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
586 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
588 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
590 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
593 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
594 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
595 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
596 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
597 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
598 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
599 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
600 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
601 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
602 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
604 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
605 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
606 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
608 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
609 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
610 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
611 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
612 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
613 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
614 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
616 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
617 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
618 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
619 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
621 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
622 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
623 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
624 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
625 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
626 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
627 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
628 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
630 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
631 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
632 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
633 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
634 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
635 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
636 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
637 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
638 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
639 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
640 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
641 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
642 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
643 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
644 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
645 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
646 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
648 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
650 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
653 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
654 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
655 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
656 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
657 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
658 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
659 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
660 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
661 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
663 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
664 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
665 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
666 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
667 this section. closes: Bug#248618
668 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
669 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
670 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
671 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
672 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
673 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
674 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
675 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
676 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
677 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
678 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
679 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
681 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
682 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
683 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
686 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
687 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
688 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
690 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
691 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
692 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
693 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
694 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
695 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
697 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
698 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
700 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
701 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
702 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
703 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
704 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
705 Closes: #185943, #237049
707 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
709 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
712 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
715 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
716 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
717 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
718 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
719 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
720 running. closes: Bug#187250
721 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
722 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
723 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
724 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
725 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
726 user closes: Bug#176506
728 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
730 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
733 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
734 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
735 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
736 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
737 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
738 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
739 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
740 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
741 deb-building toolchain.
742 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
743 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
744 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
745 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
746 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
747 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
748 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
749 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
750 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
751 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
752 sections about changelog files.
754 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
755 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
756 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
757 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
758 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
759 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
761 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
762 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
763 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
764 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
765 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
766 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
767 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
768 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
769 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
770 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
771 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
772 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
773 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
774 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
775 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
776 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
777 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
778 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
779 for the restructuring
781 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
783 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
786 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
788 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
789 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
790 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
791 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
792 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
793 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
795 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
796 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
797 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
798 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
799 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
800 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
801 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
803 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
804 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
805 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
806 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
808 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
810 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
813 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
814 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
815 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
816 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
817 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
818 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
820 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
821 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
822 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
823 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
825 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
826 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
827 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
828 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
829 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
830 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
831 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
832 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
833 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
835 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
836 script should start it, closes: #60979
837 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
838 "should", closes: #170019
839 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
840 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
841 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
842 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
843 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
844 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
845 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
846 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
849 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
851 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
855 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
856 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
857 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
858 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
859 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
860 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
861 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
862 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
864 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
865 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
866 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
867 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
868 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
869 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
870 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
871 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
872 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
874 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
875 file, closes: Bug#65764
877 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
879 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
881 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
882 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
883 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
884 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
885 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
886 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
887 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
888 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
889 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
890 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
891 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
892 details. closes: Bug#133030
893 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
894 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
897 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
899 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
901 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
902 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
903 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
904 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
905 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
906 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
907 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
908 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
909 not. closes: Bug#139820
910 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
911 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
912 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
913 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
914 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
915 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
916 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
917 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
918 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
919 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
921 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
923 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
924 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
925 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
926 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
927 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
928 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
929 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
930 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
931 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
932 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
933 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
934 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
935 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
936 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
937 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
938 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
939 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
940 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
941 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
942 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
944 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
945 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
946 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
947 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
948 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
949 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
950 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
952 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
953 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
954 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
955 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
956 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
957 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
958 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
959 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
960 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
962 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
964 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
966 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
967 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
968 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
969 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
970 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
971 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
972 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
973 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
974 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
975 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
976 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
977 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
978 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
979 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
980 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
981 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
982 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
983 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
984 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
985 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
986 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
987 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
988 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
990 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
992 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
994 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
995 medium, high, emergency.
996 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
997 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
998 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
999 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1000 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1003 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1004 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1005 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1007 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1008 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1009 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1010 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1011 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1012 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1013 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1016 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1018 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1021 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1022 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1023 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1025 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1026 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1027 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1028 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1029 debian/rules to do this
1030 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1031 patches are incorporated upstream
1032 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1033 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1034 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1035 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1036 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1037 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1039 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1040 system closes: Bug#91249
1041 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1042 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1043 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1044 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1045 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1046 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1047 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1048 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1049 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1050 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1051 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1052 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1053 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1055 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1057 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1060 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1061 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1062 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1064 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1065 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1066 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1068 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1071 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1073 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1075 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1076 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1077 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1078 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1079 package for the time being
1080 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1081 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1082 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1083 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1084 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1085 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1086 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1087 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1088 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1089 Build-Depends arch syntax
1090 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1092 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1093 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1095 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1096 from policy maintenance duties.
1097 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1098 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1100 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1102 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1106 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1108 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1111 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1112 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1113 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1114 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1115 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1116 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1117 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1118 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1119 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1120 minor version number for this
1121 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1122 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1123 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1124 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1125 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1126 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1127 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1128 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1129 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1131 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1133 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1135 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1136 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1137 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1138 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1139 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1141 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1143 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1144 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1145 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1146 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1147 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1148 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1149 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1150 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1151 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1152 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1153 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1154 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1155 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1156 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1157 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1158 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1161 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1163 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1166 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1168 * Document the Enhances relationship
1169 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1170 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1171 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1172 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1173 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1174 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1176 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1178 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1179 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1180 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1181 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1183 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1184 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1185 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1186 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1187 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1189 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1191 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1194 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1195 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1197 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1198 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1199 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1200 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1201 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1202 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1203 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1204 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1205 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1207 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1209 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1211 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1213 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1214 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1215 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1216 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1217 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1218 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1219 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1220 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1221 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1222 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1223 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1224 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1225 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1226 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1227 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1228 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1229 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1230 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1231 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1232 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1233 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1234 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1236 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1237 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1239 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1241 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1243 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1244 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1245 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1246 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1247 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1248 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1249 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1250 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1251 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1252 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1253 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1254 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1255 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1256 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1257 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1258 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1259 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1260 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1261 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1262 list closes: Bug#53756
1263 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1264 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1265 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1266 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1267 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1268 policy closes: Bug#53760
1269 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1270 policy closes: Bug#53761
1271 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1272 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1273 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1274 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1275 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1276 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1277 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1278 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1279 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1280 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1281 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1283 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1284 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1285 to install with older fileutils.
1286 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1287 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1288 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1289 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1291 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1292 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1294 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1296 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1298 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1299 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1301 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1303 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1306 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1308 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1311 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1313 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1314 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1316 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1318 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1320 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1323 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1325 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1327 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1330 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1331 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1332 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1333 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1334 directoried (closes: #41547)
1335 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1336 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1337 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1338 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1339 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1340 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1341 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1342 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1343 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1344 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1345 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1347 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1348 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1349 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1350 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1351 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1352 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1353 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1355 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1356 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1357 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1358 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1360 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1362 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1364 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1365 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1367 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1369 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1371 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1372 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1374 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1376 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1379 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1381 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1382 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1383 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1384 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1385 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1386 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1387 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1388 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1389 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1390 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1391 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1392 this closes: Bug#38612
1393 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1394 before. closes: Bug#40864
1396 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1398 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1400 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1401 officially uploaded.
1402 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1404 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1405 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1406 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1408 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1409 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1410 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1411 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1412 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1413 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1415 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1416 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1417 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1419 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1421 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1422 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1423 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1424 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1425 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1427 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1429 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1431 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1432 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1433 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1434 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1435 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1436 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1437 there). closes: Bug#34233
1438 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1439 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1440 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1441 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1442 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1444 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1446 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1448 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1449 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1450 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1451 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1454 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1455 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1456 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1457 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1458 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1461 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1462 number. closes: BUG#25911
1464 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1465 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1466 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1467 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1468 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1469 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1471 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1472 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1473 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1476 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1477 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1478 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1480 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1481 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1482 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1483 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1485 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1486 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1487 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1489 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1491 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1492 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1493 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1494 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1495 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1496 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1497 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1498 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1501 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1503 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1504 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1507 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1509 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1511 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1513 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1515 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1517 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1518 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1519 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1520 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1521 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1522 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1523 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1524 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1526 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1527 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1529 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1531 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1533 * non-maintainer release
1534 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1535 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1537 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1538 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1539 * no content changes
1540 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1542 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1544 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1548 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1550 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1552 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1554 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1555 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1556 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1558 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1559 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1561 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1562 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1563 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1564 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1566 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1567 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1568 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1569 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1570 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1571 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1572 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1574 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1575 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1576 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1579 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1580 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1581 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1583 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1584 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1585 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1587 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1588 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1590 * New version numbering scheme:
1592 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1593 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1594 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1597 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1598 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1599 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1600 differ between the manuals.
1602 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1603 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1604 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1605 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1607 * Packaging changes:
1609 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1610 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1612 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1614 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1616 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1618 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1620 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1621 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1622 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1624 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1625 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1628 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1629 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1630 file extension as the referenced file
1632 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1633 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1635 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1636 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1637 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1638 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1641 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1642 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1643 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1645 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1646 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1647 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1648 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1651 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1652 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1655 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1656 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1657 reasonable default configuration
1659 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1660 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1661 by all news servers and clients
1663 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1664 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1665 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1666 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1667 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1669 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1670 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1673 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1675 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1676 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1678 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1681 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1682 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1684 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1685 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1687 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1689 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1691 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1693 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1694 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1695 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1696 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1698 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1700 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1701 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1702 * Don't use debstd anymore
1704 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1706 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1708 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1709 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1710 contrib/non-free policy
1711 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1712 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1713 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1714 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1715 - new section about `Daemons'
1716 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1717 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1718 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1719 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1720 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1721 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1722 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1723 * SGML source code included in package
1724 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1726 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1728 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1730 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1731 - completely reworked structure
1732 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1733 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1734 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1735 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1736 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1737 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1738 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1739 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1740 - mention "orphaned packages"
1741 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1742 distributions' policy
1743 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1744 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1745 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1746 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1747 - added section about arch spec strings
1748 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1749 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1750 - added section about "menus"
1751 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1752 the new documentation policy soon
1753 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1754 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1756 - added section about editors and pagers
1757 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1758 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1759 - added section about device files
1760 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1761 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1762 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1764 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1765 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1766 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1767 - Added new section about obsolete names
1768 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1769 * Fixed package's description
1771 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1773 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1775 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1777 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1779 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1781 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1782 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1783 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1784 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1786 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1788 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1790 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1791 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1792 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1794 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1795 and upload it "byhand" too.
1797 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1799 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1802 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1803 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1804 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1805 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1806 functionality must not have the same name.
1807 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1808 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1809 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1810 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1811 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1812 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1813 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1815 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1816 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1817 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1818 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1819 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1820 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1821 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1822 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1825 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1827 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1829 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1831 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1832 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1833 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1834 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1835 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1838 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1840 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1842 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1844 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1845 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1846 description of deb file format.
1847 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1848 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1850 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1852 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1853 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1855 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1857 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1859 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1860 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1861 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1862 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1863 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1864 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1865 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1866 packages in section on Procedure
1867 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1868 a package maintainer
1869 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1870 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1871 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1873 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1874 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1875 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1876 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1877 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1878 on various shlib files
1879 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1880 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1881 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1883 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1885 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1887 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1888 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1889 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1891 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1892 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1893 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1894 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1895 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1897 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1899 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1901 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1903 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1905 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1906 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1907 compatibility go in contrib.
1909 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1910 instructions in policy manual.
1911 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1914 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1916 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1918 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1919 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1920 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1921 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1923 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1924 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1927 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1929 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1931 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1932 * More detail about changelog format names.
1934 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1935 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1939 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1941 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1943 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1945 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1947 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1949 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1951 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1953 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1954 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1955 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1957 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1959 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1961 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1963 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1965 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1969 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100